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Monday, December 13, 2004
Mayor's free meals suspended for 3 days
By Ben O. Tesiorna and Raquel C. Bagnol
DAVAO CITY -- The City Government's "Pakaon sa Tao (free meals)" for the poor at Rizal Park, which started last December 6, will be suspended for three days starting Monday.
This is to give other areas in the city, especially the far-flung barangays, a taste of the free food offered by Mayor Rodrigo Duterte to Dabawenyos.
City Administrator Wendel Avisado on Sunday said the mayor made the instruction after thousands of not so poor Dabawenyos were seen to be the ones lining up for the free food.
Avisado said that though the food is for every Dabawenyo, Duterte finds it fit to prioritize those who really could not afford to buy food especially during the holiday season.
It was learned that students and employees from government and non-government agencies around Rizal Park were mostly the ones who availed of the city's Pakaon sa Tao at the park.
Avisado said they would bring the Pakaon sa Tao to the poorest barangays in the city and will ask the help of church-based organizations in the distribution of food so that it would really benefit the poorest of the poor.
"Ipapadaan natin sa (We will work through) parishes and the religious sectors ang mga pagkain para talagang yung mga mahihirap ang mabibigyan (so those really poor families would be given the food)," Avisado said.
He said the distribution of food at Rizal Park would resume on Thursday.
It was learned that about 20,000 food packs per day are allotted by the city for this program.
Avisado also said that in order to provide varied and nutritious food to the city's constituents for the holiday season, "lugaw" (porridge) will only be served on Saturdays and Sundays.
"Unlike the past year, when only special lugaw lang gyod ang gina-serve sa mga tao (porridge) was served, food served for this holiday season will vary from chicken meat, fish and beef," Avisado said.
"Kini pud aron makapahulay ang mga nagaluto og lugaw kay dili lalim kun adlaw-adlaw ni lutuon (This is also to give rest to the ones who cook the porridge because it's not easy to cook for) 20,000 people," he added.
(December 13, 2004 issue)
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